Next up in #teacherappreciationweek , our other SOEC co-chair, Ryan, wants to thank Jessie Choates at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign for all that she does!

We began a new Distinguished Lecture Series thanks to the generosity of Linda and Richard Turco (UIUC PhD 1971). Our first lecture was given by Prof. William Boos from Berkeley Earth, who described his research on monsoon depression dynamics.

The U.S. National Science Foundation Doppler on Wheels (DOW) BEST project collected radar data on some of the devastating tornadoes yesterday in Nebraska and Iowa

Bienvenidos Joseph! We are delighted to have you join the department.

Today CliMAS welcomed Dr. Clara Deser from NCAR as the 2024 Ogura Distinguished Lecturer

Congratulations to Gabbie Christo (MS 2024) for winning the Best Poster Award at the AMS Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology in Baltimore, MD this year!

Tomorrow (Thursday, 4/18) I'm giving a talk on campus about the history of severe weather research at 5:30pm in 161 Noyes Laboratory. This is the same talk I gave at the Central Illinois WeatherNet Symposium in March 2023. Hope to see you there!

CliMAS Prof. Francina Dominguez and NCSAatIllinois has led the production of a dynamic visualization of the hydroclimate of South America through the lens of regional high-resolution convection-permitting model simulations conducted by NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. youtube.com/watch?v=Ngbm0g…

Congratulations to Hannah Grace Marti, winner of a 2024 American Meteorological Society Graduate Fellowship!

A new study seed-funded by iSEE identifies the atmospheric & economic drivers of global air pollution. It was led by Sandy Dall'erba & Yilan Xu of ACE@Illinois and Nicole Riemer of Illinois CliMAS!

News release ➡️ aces.illinois.edu/news/illinois-…

🔗 iSEE seed funding: sustainability.illinois.edu/research/seed-…

Congrats to Kaylee Heimes (Kaylee Heimes), who completed her MS Degree today on Elevated Convection in Winter Storms during IMPACTS under the advisement of Prof. Emeritus Bob Rauber (@BobRauber)!

Join us as @ChicagoTribune reporter, Michael Hawthorne Michael Hawthorne moderates a discussion with DPI Distinguished Research Scientist and Illinois CliMAS professor, Don Wuebbles Don Wuebbles!

Register today: eventbrite.com/e/what-can-chi…

#DiscoverDPI #ClimateChange #Webinar

Congratulations to our two NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholars for 2024!

CliMAS undergraduates Alyssa Shih and Charlie Remmers will both be the recipients of this prestigious award. 👏

Want to learn more about interactions between food, energy, economy, and climate? Check out this panel, which includes our own Prof. Atul Jain! pbs.org/video/food-ene…

Today, our outreach crew is representing CliMAS and talking weather and weather safety at Ag Week with Illinois State Climatologist at the Children's Discovery Museum in Normal, IL

🎉 A HUGE congratulations to Jared Emmert a Sophomore Climate, Meteorology, and Atmospheric Sciences student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for winning the Phillips Family Undergraduate Scholarship for Meteorology!

nwas.org/congratulation…

PhD Candidate Michael Sessa today presented his PhD research on observations of mesocyclone width and tornado intensity in the CliMAS weekly colloquium series

HBD to our favorite prehistoric creature 🎂